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Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] postgres for OLAP & data mining
From:       Dario Beraldi <dario.beraldi () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-09-30 19:53:14
Message-ID: CAEa0nG6TSfmZ8qREWeL6MsNXU=Fa1soCKB_CfEfQUGsGCBLE2w () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 30 September 2011 18:41, Henry Drexler <alonup8tb@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you looking for stuff like this?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-window.html
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-string.html
>
> Thanks for reply. Yes, I knew these functions. In fact, I was rather
wondering whether there are dedicated packages for OLAP and some guidelines
for configuring postgres (and whether postgres is a good option for OLAP).

Best
Dario



> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Dario Beraldi <dario.beraldi@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking for some information (guidelines, docs, tutorials, etc...)
>> about using postgres for OLAP, data mining, data warehousing. The sort of
>> questions I'm trying to answer are on the lines of
>> - What tools/SQL commands are available?
>> - How should postgres be configured?
>> - How suitable is postgres for these tasks (compared to other databases)?
>>
>> I have done some Google search but I would appreciate any advice/hint from
>> more experienced users.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance!
>>
>> Dario
>
>
>

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<div class="gmail_quote">On 30 September 2011 18:41, Henry Drexler <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:alonup8tb@gmail.com">alonup8tb@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Are you looking for stuff like \
this?<div><br></div><div><a \
href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-window.html" \
target="_blank">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-window.html</a></div><div>
 <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-string.html" \
target="_blank">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-string.html</a><br>
 <br></div></blockquote><div>Thanks for reply. Yes, I knew these functions. In fact, \
I was rather wondering whether there are dedicated packages for OLAP and some \
guidelines for configuring postgres (and whether postgres is a good option for \
OLAP).<br> <br>Best<br>Dario<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); \
padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM, \
Dario Beraldi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dario.beraldi@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">dario.beraldi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hello,<br><br>I&#39;m looking for some information \
(guidelines, docs,  tutorials, etc...) about using postgres for OLAP, data mining, \
data  warehousing. The sort of questions I&#39;m trying to answer are on the lines
 of<br>- What tools/SQL commands are available?<br>
- How should postgres be configured? <br>- How suitable is postgres for these tasks \
(compared to other databases)?<br><br>I have done some Google search but I would \
appreciate any advice/hint from more experienced users.<br>



<br>Many thanks in advance!<br><font color="#888888"><font \
color="#888888"><br>Dario</font> </font></blockquote></div><br></div>
</blockquote></div><br>



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